"Leg ulcers can easily become infected, and when that happens, infected leg ulcers can generate unpleasant smells," says Clémence Desjardin, Director of Operations and Business Development at ...

It was so debilitating. I could smell it and I thought everyone else could to. It is so debilitating "The only person I had known with a leg ulcer, before I got one, was my mum. She had them for 10 ...

They often also smell due to the breakdown of skin and infection. Venous ulcers are the most common type of leg ulcer.” NHS ...

A venous skin ulcer is a sore on your leg that’s very slow to heal, usually because of weak blood circulation in the limb. They can last anywhere from a few weeks to years. You may hear a doctor ...

"By the time we got back from the holiday, it was a full-blown ulcer that wrapped around my leg, and it was unbearable. The pain was excruciating - and the smell was even worse, it was revolting.

A descriptive study by Walshe (1995) using phenomenological analysis explored the lived experiences of 13 elderly patients with leg ulcers. Pain emerged as the most profound and unremitting experience ...

SOME 500,000 Australians live with chronic wounds that do not heal including venous leg ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers. I'm a senior news journalist at The Senior newspaper, the leading ...

SOME 500,000 Australians live with chronic wounds that do not heal including venous leg ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers.